kulong

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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Compare kulot.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ku‧lot

Adjective

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kulong

  1. (of hair) wavy

Tagalog

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuruŋ (cage, as for an animal; to enclose in a cage or pen). Compare Ilocano kurong, Kapampangan kulung, Tausug kūngan, and Malay kurung.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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kulóng (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔)

  1. imprisoned; jailed; interned; locked up
    Synonyms: nakakulong, nakabilanggo
    Huli ka pero 'di ka kulong.
    You were caught but you won't be arrested (i.e. caught doing something embarrassing)
  2. caged; confined in a pen, sty, kennel, coop, etc.
    Synonyms: nakakulong, nakakural, nakahawla
  3. surrounded; encircled (as of by enemies)
    Synonyms: ligid, aligid, naliligiran, napaliligiran, naaaligiran, kubkob, nakakubkob
  4. enclosed (as by a fence)
    Synonym: nababakuran

Derived terms

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Noun

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kulóng (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔)

  1. condition of being imprisoned or jailed
    Synonyms: pagkakakulong, pagkakabilanggo
  2. condition of being surrounded or encircled (as of by enemies)

Further reading

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  • kulong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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